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@with .gtst-cs gestuitY @ffice CHARLES W. JONES, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO i AND HIRAM W. 'STOUT,OF SAME PLAGE.

Letters Patent No'. 6).814, dated October 1 5, 1867.

IMPROVED GROSSINGS POB.' STREET RAILWAYS.

ro ALL WHoM 1T MAY coNcERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES'W. JONES, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,have invented an Improvement in Railway-Crossings; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description ofthesame.

My invention consists of certain plates secured v to the rails of astreet railway, at the intersectionotA the same, so as to rmly bind thewhole together; und my invention further consists in so hevelling thetreads adjacentto the points where the rails are connected as to preventthe' shocks which are imparted to cars when moving over crossingsconstructed in the 'usual manner.

In order to enable others skilled in the art toinakesand apply myinvention I wll no\v proceed to describe the construction et' the same,reference *being had to the'accompamying drawing, which forms a part ofthis specification,and in whichi Figure 1 is a plan view of my improvedrailway-crossing.

Figure 2 is a section, onthe line 1-2, iig. 1.

" Figure 3, an'inverted plan view, showing parts'otv the rails.

Figure '4, a. plan view, illustrating a'modication of my invention; and

Figure 5, a section on the line 3-4, iig. 4.A

A A and B-B are rails of one track, and C C and D D are rails of anothertrack which crosses the -rst at right angles in the present instance.The end a of each rail, A B C D, hears againstthe inner edge of therail, at right angles .to it, at a point directly opposite a recess intheouter edge of the cross-rail, and into this recess tits one end of asecond rail which is in a line with that bearing against the oppositeedge of the crosst rail,as shown in the drawing. Beneath the rails, ateach point where they meet or cross each other, is nl cruciform metalplate, E, each arm of which extends beneath the ond'of one of the rails,the latter being secured to the plate by bolts or screws x. treads oftherails are bevelled at their terminations, m, as shown in figs. -2 and5,' for a purpose described hereafter. By introducing the endsot sozneof the rails into recesses in the' edges of others, any lateral movementof the former rails is prevented, while by bolting the rails to theplatesE they are so firmly and steadily connected together that theyserve to brace each other, and it will bo impossible for one to becomedetached or loosenedfrom the others, while one rail may bereadilydisconneetedfrom the others, if necessary, by merely removingthebolts, and without the necessity of taking up any other portion ofthe'track. Inasmuch as the treads ofthe'rails :trebevelled at theirends, m, the flanges of the wheels in traversing. the rails at thesepoints will rest upon the flanges or Ilat portion ofthe rails, and theusual jolting, which results from the Wheels striking the ends of thetreads in passing over the recesses between the ends of' the rails, isprevented. In some instances, instendiof recessing the rails, the endsof the latter may all bear against a pro- -iection, c, in' the centre ofthe plate E, the arms ofthe plate projecting beneath, and being boltedio-the ends of the rails, as shown in figs. 4 and,

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure hy Letters Patent- 1.v A`c-rnciform plate, E, combined with the rails ot" a street railway, atthe intersection of the saine, suh- .stantially as described.

l2. The bevelled ends 'm nioi' the treads, for the purposcspccied.

In testimony whereof. I have signed my name to this specification in thepres-ence of tivo subscribing witnesses. enne. w. JONES.

Witnesses:

CHARLES E. Fosrnn, W. J. R. DELANY."

